Frederic, Lord Leighton

1830–1896

In Tate Britain

Biography

Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton, (3 December 1830 – 25 January 1896), known as Sir Frederic Leighton between 1878 and 1896, was an English painter and sculptor. His works depicted historical, biblical, and classical subject matter. Leighton was bearer of the shortest-lived peerage in history; after only one day his hereditary peerage became extinct upon his death.

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Artworks

Frederic, Lord Leighton An Athlete Wrestling with a Python

1877

On display at Tate Britain part of Walk Through British Art N01754

Frederic, Lord Leighton The Bath of Psyche

exhibited 1890

On display at Tate Britain part of Walk Through British Art N01574

Frederic, Lord Leighton The Sluggard

1885

On display at Tate Britain part of The Squash N01752

Frederic, Lord Leighton And the Sea Gave Up the Dead Which Were in It

exhibited 1892

On display at Tate Britain part of Walk Through British Art N01511

Frederic, Lord Leighton Lieder ohne Worte

exhibited 1861

On display at Tate Britain part of Walk Through British Art T03053

Frederic, Lord Leighton Helios and Rhodes

date not known

N03015

Frederic, Lord Leighton Samson and the Lions

published 1881

View by appointment A00732

Frederic, Lord Leighton Mrs John Hanson Walker

1867

N04731

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Artist as subject

Sir Max Beerbohm The Man from Hymettus. Mr Frederick Leighton

1916

A01057

Anita Bartle, Grant Richards (London, UK) This is my Birthday

1902

TGA 969/2/4

Henry Scott Tuke Register of paintings by Henry Scott Tuke

1879–1923

TGA 9019/1/2/1

Stanhope Alexander Forbes, recipient: Elizabeth Forbes Letter from Stanhope Forbes to Elizabeth Armstrong

26 December 1887

View by appointment TGA 9015/2/2/89

Stanhope Alexander Forbes, recipient: Elizabeth Forbes Letter from Stanhope Forbes to Elizabeth Armstrong

date not known

View by appointment TGA 9015/2/2/26

Anita Bartle, Grant Richards (London, UK) This is my Birthday

1902

View by appointment TGA 969/2/6

Stanhope Alexander Forbes, recipient: Elizabeth Forbes Letter from Stanhope Forbes to Elizabeth Armstrong, addressed 11 Elgin Avenue, London

19 May 1887

View by appointment TGA 9015/2/2/36

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Features

John William Waterhouse, ‘The Lady of Shalott’ 1888

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Sir Edward Poynter, ‘A Visit to Aesculapius’ 1880

Art Term

Olympians

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Wood engraving

A printmaking method distinct from woodcut in that the line is incised into the woodblock, rather than the background being ...

James Abbott McNeill Whistler, ‘Harmony in Grey and Green: Miss Cicely Alexander’ 1872–4

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Aesthetic movement

The aesthetic movement was a late nineteenth century movement that championed pure beauty and ‘art for art’s sake’ emphasising the ...

Art Term

New sculpture

New sculpture is a name applied to the sculptures produced by a group of artists working in the second half ...

Turner’s ‘Chelsea’ palette, used at the end of his life

Tate Papers

The Materials Used by British Oil Painters in the Nineteenth Century

This paper reviews existing literature on nineteenth-century British artists’ materials. Sources of information, such as colourmen’s archives, artists’ diaries ...